Folding crate.



J. H. FARMER.

FOLDING CRATE.

AAAAAAAAA on FILED FEB 21,1911.

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Patented Jan. 28, 1912.

JAMES HENEY'EAEMER, or; JESSE, OKLAHOMA.

FOLDING CRATE. l

Specification f Letters Patent.

To all whom it ma/ l/ concern.' l

Be it known that I, JAMES HENRY FARMER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

siding at Jesse, in the county of Pontotoc and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Crates, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyiiig drawings.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in wooden receptacles, and

l more particularly to that class of receptacles known as folding crates, and my object is to provide a receptacle of'this character,

tion of the top may be held in uprightgposi- *n tion, which bracing means shall act in the tion by a single bracing means.

A still further object is .to provide bracing means for the device when in upright posicapacity of locking ineans when thereceptacle is disposed inknock-down position.: With these and otherk obJects in view, inv

invention consists in the novel featuresof construction, combination and` arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out inr the specification and claims. n y

In the accompanying drawing,L forming a part of this application, Figure l is a perspective view of the receptacle in semi-fold'- ed position; Fig. 2 isv an end Aelevation A of the receptacle set-up for use; and Fig. k3 is a similar view, showing the walls and top..4

in folded position. l. In carrying out my invention", I shall. refer to the drawing, in which similarreference` characters designate corresponding pai-ts throughout the several views, and in which# l indicates thc base or bott-om vof a `receptacle having stationarysections 2 of the side walls mounted thereon," and similar sections 3 of the end walls, said end walls vbeing of a height less than the height of the side walls, and one of said side walls being of greater height than the other.

Hingedly secured to the sections 3 of the end walls, through the Amedium of the hingesyl, are thel foldablesections 5, said sections being adapted to fold inwardly and siniilarlysecuiedto the side sections 2 are thefoldable sections 6 of the side walls,'said' flatter .sections being 'also adapted ,to fold inwardly. The top of the receptacle is also composedl of two sections 7, which sections4 are hingedly secured to the upperends 4of the fol'dable side sections 6, and are adapted, likewise, to fold inwardly to rest upon the upperedges of the folding side sections. The usualremovable central wall 8 is also providedwhich may be held in position in any preferred manner, but preferably, as*

shown, by providing the vertically extending pins 9 in one of the sections 7 and simi-- lar pins (notshown) in the base l, between which pins said wall is adapted to be held.

'In order to brace the various sections of the walls andtop when i'n upright position, I providethe wire hooks l0, which are pivotally'mounted'ontlie edges of the side sections 6,and are adapted to be brought into engagement. with `headed studs 11 mounted o'ii. the ends of the top sections 7. rlhe mere; engagement of the hooksV l0 Aof the `side .sections'with the studs Il of the top p sections would not provide for the bracing of thetend sections 5 when inupright posi-y tion, so that in order toyprovidefor this 5, said hooks being bent downwardly and inwardly i, and disposedin the paths of the hooks l0 when adapted for engagement with i the studs 1l. In setting; up' thereceptacle, therefore, the'wire hooks' 10 are rst brought upwardly intol engagement with the downwardly/ facing hooks l2 and` then positioned into engagementvv with the studs 11, wl'iich connections; it will be' seen, allowfone end section, one'side section and onetop section to be braced Aby a single bracing hook. As pair of hooks are provided at each end of the receptacle, the saine when properly engaged with the hooks andstuds, will retain the foldingsections securely in their' upright A'positions .without further bracing means.

l/hen it nis desired toknock-down the re.` ceptacle and fold the various sections there' of, the hooks are lirsttrenio'ved from their effective fastening means, and the top'sec# ktions 7 'thrown upwardly to positions contiguous/with Athe side sections 6. The central wall18 is` then removed from its proper position and vplaced inthe bottom of thej oEEioE- l Patented Jan. 23, 1912, Application filed February 21; 1911. Serial No. 609,921.

, feature, the small hooks 12 are securely n inountednear the upper ends of the sections iio receptacle whereupon the end walls are folded inwardly thereby allowing the side sections 6, carrying the top sections 7, to be also folded inwardly to rest upon the said side sections. The side section G which is hinged to the shorter of the side sections 2, is the first to be folded inwardly, and as the difference in the height of said side sections 2 is equal to the thickness of a wall, it will be seen, that the section mounted upon the taller wall, may be folded upon the other without unnecessary bulging. Then the sections have been properly folded, I have provided for the locking thereof by mounting an additional stud 13 in each of the end sect-ions 3, adjacent the lower central portion thereof, which studs are adapted to receive in engagement therewith the hooks l0. It will be seen, therefore, that through the provision of the additional studs 13, the sections may l be locked in folded position through the same bracing means, which is used to brace said sections in upright position. lVhen the sections have been properlyy locked in their folded positions, as described, the device is extremely compact, and adapted to be shipped from place to place with little or no inconvenience.

F rom t-he foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided a receptacle of the folding knock-down type, which is capable of being easily and quickly set-up or knocked down,

which when in upright position, will be properly braced, and when in folded position, securely locked in compact form. It will further be seen that I have provided a means for retaining an end wall, a side wall, and a top section in upright position through the medium of a single bracing hook, and it will still further be seen that by providing a pair of such hooks at each end of the receptacle, all of the sections may be securely retained in upright position. It will still further be seen, that the bracing means for the sections in upright posit-ion are .adapted to perform the functions of locking means for the sections in their folded positions.

IVhat I claim is:

l. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle having foldable side and end sections, foldable top sections carried by said side sections, all of said sections being foldable inwardly, hooks car ried by the ends of said side sections, studs carried by the ends of said top sections adapted to receive said hooks, and means on said end sections engaging portions of said hooks, whereby said sections will be held in upright position.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle having portions of the side and end walls foldable inwardly, top sections hingedly mounted upon the outer' ends of the foldable side portions, and also folding inwardly, bracing hooks carried by the ends of the folding side portions, and means on the folding end and top sections adapt-ed to engage portions of said hooks, whereby a single hook is adapted to retain a folding end, side and top section in upright position.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle having inwardly folding side and end walls, inwardly folding top sections carried by the side sections adapted to rest upon the end walls, hooks A carried by the ends of said side sections, studs carried by the ends of the top sections adapted to receive said hooks, and additional hooks carried by the end sections adapted to engage a portion of the aforosaid hooks, whereby all of said folding sections may be held in upright position, by the same bracing means.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAME S I-l .EN RY FA It M ER.

litnesses W. J. Bauen, STANLEY MCGrnn.

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